Single-player games like ZED ZONE
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to ZED ZONE, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Terminus: Zombie Survivors
Single-player alternative to ZED ZONE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ZED ZONE.
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
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LifeZ - Survival
Single-player alternative to ZED ZONE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZED ZONE.
LifeZ - Survival is a third-person sandbox-survival game. Build your hideout, search for water and food, mine resources and fight against zombies and finally find ways to contact the outside world and leave Catastrophie Area.
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VEIN
Single-player alternative to ZED ZONE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with ZED ZONE.
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
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Dead Matter
Single-player alternative to ZED ZONE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZED ZONE.
After a rampant viral outbreak causes global society to collapse, you must survive the harsh wilderness of the Canadian Rockies amidst vast hordes of Infected and rival survivors.
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to ZED ZONE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ZED ZONE.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
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State of Decay: YOSE
Single-player alternative to ZED ZONE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with ZED ZONE.
Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.
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Outbreak Island
Single-player alternative to ZED ZONE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZED ZONE.
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
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Crushed
Single-player alternative to ZED ZONE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ZED ZONE.
Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.
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NEO Scavenger
Single-player alternative to ZED ZONE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with ZED ZONE.
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
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ZOMBI
Single-player alternative to ZED ZONE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ZED ZONE.
London is falling. Are you prepared? The Last Blight is upon us. It was foretold. For the second time in history, a great plague has shrouded London in a fog of death. Big Ben tolls as thousands of unprepared die, or worse, are infected by a sickness more gruesome than death.